mutchkin
Americannoun
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Scot. a unit of liquid measure equal to a little less than a U.S. liquid pint.
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a container, usually of pewter, holding this quantity.
noun
Etymology
Origin of mutchkin
1375–1425; late Middle English ( Scots ) muchekyn < Middle Dutch mudseken, equivalent to mudse (diminutive of mudde ≪ Latin modius measure of grain) + -ken -kin
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Each was well known as an excellent shot; and the Captain offered a bet to Jekyl of a mutchkin of Glenlivat, that both would fall by the first fire.
From St. Ronan's Well by Sir Walter Scott
"Aggie, fill me a mutchkin when you're at it," said Gourlay to the pretty barmaid with the curly hair.
From The House with the Green Shutters by George Douglas Brown
Barshalloch very handsomely complimented me, and sent for the mutchkin.
From Salute to Adventurers by John Buchan
Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, And here's—for a conclusion— To ev'ry New Light^12 mother's son, From this time forth, Confusion!
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
"Hout, deills i' the wife, wi' her saughs, and her sunkies, and Ellangowans—Godsake, woman, let me away—there's saxpence t'ye to buy half a mutchkin, instead o' clavering about thae auld-warld stories."
From Guy Mannering by Sir Walter Scott
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